I have always had a strong fascination with technology and art, over the summer I went to the Iron Bridge and was amazed by the structure and the town being speciffically built for the construction of the bridge. I highly reccomend people should visit this site if they are interested in industry, technology and social history. Robert Delauney's 'The Red Tower' comes to mind as a favourite representation of industrial triumph and evoulition in the "normality" of art.
By "normality" I mean that since chemicals and science lead to the invention of the first commerical camera in 1900, artist had to find other means of making their art desirable. This lead to art movements such as fauvism, dada and art deco as the creativity overtook the realisim for the desirability of art. It's basically the divide seen everyday walking by National Galleries and Modern Art Galleries; Pre and Post, BC and AD. Which reminds me, whilst in
Rome (little grin here) by the Colosseum, you can step on 1st Century BC Flags and 20th Centuary AD Pavement at the same time! how amazing is that!
Iron Bridge
Rome Photos
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Also I've realised that people are passive to their surroundings in nearly every situation, you may not think it, but whilst on holiday, do you spend the week living through your camera lens? Then when you get home, do you really look at what pictures you've taken? Food for thought.
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